Boulder County

DUIIntegrated Treatment Court

ParticipantHandbook

For Women

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WELCOME!

Welcome to the 20th Judicial District DUI Integrated Treatment Court (DITC). This handbook is designed for women who have chosen to enter this program. It will provide you with all of the information you need to be successful in the DITC Program. It should serve as a valuable resource during your involvement with us.

The DITC is a voluntary program. As a participant in the DITC, you will need to be motivated to work toward changing your lifestyle and becoming free from alcohol and other drugs. Your commitment to being successful includes accepting and abiding by:

  • The instructions given to you by the Judge in court
  • The terms and conditions of your probation
  • The rules of the DITC, as outlined below
  • The treatment components developed by you and your treatment team

Commitment = Accomplishment

This program is for you. The DITC Team wants you to succeed and we are here to help you succeed. If you make a commitment to do what it takes to graduate from this program, we believe that you will not only know how to live without addictive substances but that you will experience a general improvement in the overall quality of your life and choices. We wish the best for you on your journey through change!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DITC CONTACT INFORMATION4

MISSION & OVERVIEW

DITC TEAM

DITC PROGRAM RULES

CONFIDENTIALTY

DITC COURT HEARINGS

monitored sobriety6

PRESCRIPTION DRUG USE

INCENTIVES AND SANCTIONS

THE five PHASES OF THE DITC8-13

GRADUATION CRITERIA14

TERMINATION FROM THE DITC15

CONTINUING CARE15

Women's Treatment Levels16

USEFUL COMMUNITY RESOURCES17

DITC CONTACT INFORMATION

Court Locations: Phone Number:

1777 6th Street, Boulder (303) 441-3750

1035 Kimbark, Longmont(720) 564-2522

Treatment AgencY: Boulder County Public Health/Addiction Recovery Center

3470 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304

529 Coffman, Ste 200 Longmont, CO 80501

Judy Brown (DUI Team Leader)(303) 441-1549

Jacque Gregg (Support Staff) (303) 441-1279

Your Counselor______(303) ______

DITC Probation Officers:

Couget, Deb(720) 564-2549

Lucas, Jessica(303) 441-3706

Szymczak, Christine (Supervisor)(303) 441-3782

ITC Coordinator:

Harry McCrystal(303) 441-4912

Work Release and Breath testing/ ETG/ Antabuse/ Drug Screens:

Boulder

Boulder Community Treatment Center (BCTC)

1770 21st Street, Boulder, CO 80306

Office Phone:(303) 449-2539

Client Call-in Line:(303) 477-5935

Monitoring HoursMonday – Friday 6:00 AM – 10:00 AM, 3:00 – 9:00 PM

Weekends 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 3:00 – 8:00 PM

Longmont

Longmont Community Treatment Center (LCTC)

236 Main Street, Longmont, CO 80501

Office Phone: (303) 651-7071

Client Call-in Line: (303) 477-5935

Hours: Monday – Friday 6:00 AM – 10:00 AM, 3:00 – 9:00 PM

Weekends 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 3:00 – 8:00 PM
MISSION & OVERVIEW

The mission of the DITC is to integrate substance abuse treatment, intensive supervision, and substantial judicial oversight to promote public safety and individual responsibility, to reduce the potential for further driving offenses and to improve the quality of life for women and their families.

The purpose of the DITC is to help women to develop the skills necessary to attain long-term sobriety. You will work closely with a counselor to assess your treatment goals and address any barriers you might have toward recovery. You will progress through five phases in order to successfully complete the program.

DITC TEAM

The DITC Judge: makes all final decisions about your participation and progress in the program. These decisions will be based on information provided by other team members in regularly held staffings that proceed all court appearances. In addition to the Judge, the DITC team consists of:

District Attorney: The DITC deputy district attorney represents the people of Boulder County.

Public Defender or private defense counsel (your attorney): Your defense attorney will advise you on legal matters.

DITC Coordinator: The coordinator acts as a main resource person for the program and works closely with the Judge, probation officers, and treatment providers in overseeing the program’s day-to-day operations. The coordinator also works with other community agencies (such as housing programs and medical providers) to ensure clients have the resources they need to be successful in the program.

Probation Officers: Your probation officer is your primary contact person throughout the duration of your DITC Program and is also the primary source of information to the D ITC team regarding your status in the program.

Treatment Provider: You will be completing Level II Therapy requirements in women’s alcohol and drug treatment through Boulder County Public Health Addiction Recovery Center (ARC). You and your ARC counselor will assess your needs and determine an individualized treatment plan that will offer you an opportunity to join gender-specific groups that may best suit your needs. Your Driving With Care Level II Education and Driving With Care Therapy is completed in a coed setting.

Alternative Sentencing providers: Your Work Release Sentence and Day Reporting Sentence will be with Correctional Management Inc. (CMI), in Boulder or Longmont. These programs will be in regular contact with the DITC regarding your progress.

DITC Guiding Principles AND RULES

All DITC participants will abide by the terms and conditions of probation as well as all conditions outlined in the DITC contract that are reviewed and signed upon entry. These rules are summarized as follows:

  1. Abstain from the use of all illegal drugs and alcohol.
  2. Submit to all alcohol and drug screens as ordered by your probation officer, treatment provider, or the Court.
  3. Inform your health care providers of your substance abuse history so that they can make informed decisions regarding the use of prescription medications.
  4. Abide by all rules of your work release and day reporting programs.
  5. Be on time and participate in all court dates, treatment sessions, and probation meetings as scheduled.
  6. Refrain from association with those using or possessing illegal substances.
  7. Refrain from places where drinking alcohol is the main event (i.e.-bars)
  8. Inform your probation officer and treatment provider of changes in your address or phone number immediately.
  9. Comply with any other conditions as outlined in the terms and conditions of Work Release, Day Reporting, Probation and all others outlined in the DITC contact.

CONFIDENTIALTY

State and federal laws require that your privacy be protected. You will be asked to sign a consent and waiver so that the team members can share information in order to plan your treatment and monitor your progress in the program. You may decline the DITC program if you do not wish for information to be shared about yourself with the DUI Intensive Treatment Court Team as outlined above.

DITC COURT HEARINGS

Upon entering the DITC, participants will typically attend court every other week. Occasionally, participants experiencing difficulty may be required to attend weekly, at least temporarily. As you advance through the phases, you will likely have fewer court appearances. Participants are expected to attend all court appearances, and a warrant for your arrest will be issued if you fail to appear.

Monitored Sobriety

Since achieving and maintaining sobriety is one of the main goals of the DITC, participants will be tested frequently for alcohol and possibly other substances. Alcohol and drug testing is generally done using breathalyzers, urine screens, saliva samples, and other mechanisms that will help monitor your monitored sobriety. These may include SCRAM, Antabuse, hair follicle tests, or other procedures approved by the court. Urine screens will be observed to ensure results are valid. Participants are responsible for the costs of testing, unless other arrangements have been made with your probation officer or treatment provider.

Positive, missed, altered or refused screens will be considered positive and result in sanctions. Specimens found to have abnormal creatinine levels are also subject to sanction.

If for some reason you miss a required monitoring event, you should inform your probation officer immediately and submit as soon as possible.

NOTE: Urine specimens with creatinine levels below 20 mg/dl or above 400mg/dl will be considered invalid and subject to sanction.

You are ultimately responsible for ensuring the screens you provide are valid.

You should be aware that prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, herbal remedies, and dietary or energy supplements could affect your test results.

As such, it is your responsibility to learn how the ingredients of a given medicine or supplement might impact results before you start taking them. Be sure to notify your monitoring agency of any medications you are taking at the time of your UA, so that this information can be recorded on the paperwork submitted with your sample.

PRESCRIPTION DRUG USE

You are asked to refrain from habit-forming drugs. Should the time come that for medical reasons your medical doctor may prescribe such drugs for you, ask about alternatives and contact your probation officer and treatment provider for additional information.

All participants will be expected to inform their health care providers of their substance abuse issues so that informed decisions can be made when prescription medications are being considered. In the event that prescription medications are deemed necessary, participants should make every effort to obtain a non-narcotic alternative, if one is available. Should you be placed on a prescription medication, you must notify your probation officer within 24 hours. Failure to do so will result in a sanction.

Participants with a history of abusing prescription drugs, or who have been prescribed potentially habit-forming medications, may be subject to additional requirements. These may include:

  • Being restricted to one prescribing physician.
  • Agreeing to work with your physician to discontinue use of a potentially habit-forming medication.

NOTE: Individuals may not possess a medical marijuana certificate while in the program.

INCENTIVES AND SANCTIONS

Frequent court reviews afford the DITC team the opportunity to respond quickly to participants’ behaviors, whether positive or negative. Women who demonstrate progress in treatment may be given rewards. Those participants who continue to use substances or violate program rules will be subject to sanctions.

Incentives used by the Court include:

  • Praise by the judge and the court
  • Gift certificates and gift cards
  • Movie tickets or activity passes
  • Promotion to the next phase
  • Reduction in court costs or treatment fees

Possible sanctions that can be imposed by the Court include:

  • Community Service
  • Day Reporting
  • Work Crew or Work Release
  • Electronic Home Monitoring (EHM)
  • Straight jail time

THE FIVE PHASES OF THE DITC

There are five phases to the DITC program. While the program can be completed in as few as 12 months, successful completion typically takes an average of 16 months. Each phase must be successfully completed before you can advance to the next phase.

The phase lengths below represent the minimum amount of time required before advancing to the next phase. Advancement is not “automatic,” and is contingent on several factors including stability, attendance and participation in treatment, sobriety, progress in recovery, and other relevant factors. The DITC Judge in consultation with other team members will make decisions regarding advancement.

Occasionally, clients have unique circumstances that call for special consideration regarding program expectations. Such situations will be considered on a case-by-case basis. The Judge and/or the DITC team must approve any modifications to phase or treatment requirements.

Phase 1: Entry and Orientation (minimum of 3 weeks)

Phase I is the starting point of your involvement in the DITC. It is during this period that you will enter work release for 84 days (although treatment can begin before the work release sentence begins if you are not in custody) and make initial contact with your probation officer and treatment provider. .

During this first phase, you are expected to:

  • Attend all scheduled court appearances
  • Attend all scheduled probation meetings
  • Submit to all requested monitoring (UA, BA, swabs, etc.) as directed
  • Comply with all goals and rules of your work release program including regular attendance to meetings with your case manager.
  • Attend all weekly treatment appointments as identified in your treatment plan. This weekly schedule usually includes:
  • Two groups per week (Including Level II Education)
  • Individual/Case Management contact- ½ hour
  • Attend community support groups on days that no other treatment contacts are scheduled

COURT REVIEWS: You are expected to appear on time for your court status reviews and to be prepared to give the Judge an honest update on how things are going.

WORK RELEASE: Your sentence will begin in Work Release (84 days). During this time you will be accountable for understanding and adhering to all aspects of this program and engaging in the services as established by yourself and your case manager who will be assigned to you when you arrive. Your monitored sobriety will occur at this facility during your stay. You will be required to adhere to your established schedule. You will be meeting with your case manager regularly to discuss your employment status, home situation, etc. Work release personnel will also be doing work checks periodically.

PROBATION: Your probation officer will review the terms and conditions of probation as well as the requirements of the DITC program.

MONITORED SOBRIETY: You are required to submit to any testing ordered by your probation officer, work release, your treatment agency or the Court. .

Even if you are concerned that your test may come back positive, it is very important that you submit anyway! Especially during Phase I, your probation will not be terminated for positive drug tests, provided you submit consistently. You should note, however, that continued or new use would result in sanctions.

TREATMENT: Your treatment intake will occur at Boulder County Public Health/ARC. We have locations in Boulder and Longmont You and your counselor will establish an individualized treatment plan that is based on an assessment of your needs. Therapeutic counseling groups and individual counseling will be offered. Some of the groups available are Recovery Skills, Women’s Relapse Prevention, Dialectic Behavior Therapy, Seeking Safety, and Women’s Sober Parenting Groups. Limited childcare is available. Psychiatric consultation is also available should you need an assessment for medications.

SUPPORT GROUPS: Attendance at community support groups are required and may include AA/NA, Transitional Outpatient groups at the ARC (TOPA), church groups, Phoenix Multisport, meetings with your sponsor, school functions, parent groups, community volunteering activities and/or other supportive groups that are related to sustaining your recovery. In Phase I, you will be expected to attend a support group or activity on each day you do not have treatment scheduled. You are accountable to see that each group you attend is authenticated with a signature of the facilitator or leader of each activity you attend. Your Attendance Verification form needs to be reviewed at each court appearance.

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION/TRAINING: Your first 84 days of incarceration are in a work release setting. You are required to find and/or maintain suitable employment and adhere strictly to the schedule that is set with you and your work release case manager.

FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS: You will be responsible for meeting any financial obligations to the court as well as to treatment providers. The entire cost of your Level II treatment is $830.00 and shall be paid in weekly installments of $25.00 until you have a zero balance. Failure to make satisfactory arrangements to meet these obligations can result in the denial of treatment. You should inform your probation officer and/or treatment provider if you are experiencing financial problems.

Phase 2: Stability (minimum of 9 weeks)

During this phase, you are expected to:

  • Attend all scheduled court appearances
  • Attend all scheduled probation meetings
  • Submit to all requested monitoring (UA, BA, ETG’s, swabs, etc.) as directed
  • Comply with all goals and rules of your Day Reporting program including regular attendance to meetings with your case manager.
  • Attend all weekly treatment appointments at the ARC as identified in your treatment plan. These may include:
  • Two groups per week
  • Individual contact (at least twice per month)
  • Attend community support groups on days that no other treatment contacts are scheduled

COURT REVIEWS: You are expected to appear on time for your court status reviews and to be prepared to give the Judge an honest update on how things are going.

DAY REPORTING: During this Phase you will be in Work Release, but may be moving to Day Reporting. The second half of your jail sentence will be carried out in Day Reporting (84 days). During this time you will be accountable for understanding and adhering to all aspects of this program. This program includes being able to arrive daily to your Day Reporting site, adhering to a weekly schedule that is closely monitored, and engaging in the services as established by yourself and your case manager.

PROBATION: You will continue to meet with your probation officer on a regular basis. You and your PO will develop a case plan specific to your situation, including monitoring, treatment, employment, etc.

MONITORED SOBRIETY: You are required to submit to breathalyzers or drug screens as instructed by your probation officer or Day Reporting Program. Your monitored sobriety will occur at your Day Reporting Facility during your visit.

TREATMENT: In Phase 2, you will continue to work with your treatment provider to develop ongoing therapeutic goals in individual and group therapy sessions. Your treatment continues to be tailored to your specific needs. During this phase, you will also begin any other required treatment, such as domestic violence or parenting classes. The degree of your investment in treatment will be considered a critical measure to your progress in this program.